Nigerian women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed ...

A Lancet study warns global aid cuts could cause 22.6M deaths by 2030. Indian health experts counter this, stating that while ...

The CEO of the Gates Foundation said it will not change course in the face of the collapse of the foreign aid system but ...

Highlights advancing clinical-stage pipeline, including two major value-creating programs for primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) with immune ...

The structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria shape their role as signaling organelles, with far-reaching ...

Every birth in America should be safe, and every mother and baby should leave the hospital with the promise of health, hope and opportunity. Our nation’s maternal health statistics represent nothing ...

Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in nuclear DNA. These lesions disrupt energy production and activate ...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have discovered how mammalian cells prevent the gradual buildup of harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA, the small but vital genome that powers every cell. The ...

Research led by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging in Cologne reports that misincorporation of ribonucleotides into mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) initiates an inflammatory cascade. Mitochondria ...

In the United States, the risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes is more than four times higher for someone giving birth in Louisiana than in California, and a child born in Mississippi is nearly ...

Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using DNA from three people, an IVF breakthrough that prevents inherited mitochondrial disease and offers hope to at-risk families. Credit: Shutterstock ...